Thread by @Ringwatchers

One of the major changes on Booster 10 is the beginning of the transition to using SpaceX’s new, flatter smooth domes. While the transition to using these smooth domes hasn’t been as smooth as many hoped, let’s take a closer look at this Super Heavy. (1/6)

📸 @CosmicalChief

@CosmicalChief August 18th, 2022 saw one of these new domes lifted onto the sleeving stand, and it was sleeved by a Booster common dome sleeve shortly thereafter. The common dome separates the CH4 and LOX tanks inside of the vehicle. (2/6)

🎥 @CosmicalChief @NicAnsuini

@CosmicalChief @NicAnsuini Prior to this change, the common dome looked like one of the normal older style domes, just with a hole in it for the massive CH4 transfer tube to pass through. (3/6)

📸 @CosmicalChief @RGVaerialphotos

@CosmicalChief @NicAnsuini @RGVaerialphotos This new dome design uses fewer panels, and therefore has less welds. Using these likely simplifies and speeds the production rate of domes, which is undoubtedly a good thing. (4/6)

📸 @RGVaerialphotos

@CosmicalChief @NicAnsuini @RGVaerialphotos For now, the only places these new domes have been implemented is the Booster common dome, but over time we hopefully will see these pop up in more places, simplifying the construction of Starship and Super Heavy. (5/6)

🖼️ @ChameleonCir

For the rest of B10, there are always the less visible changes, but a lot of it seems to be quite similar to Booster 9. That’s not a bad thing though, and hopefully this new generation of Boosters is able to get a Ship into space. (6/6)

Apologies for the repost. One of the photos had the wrong watermark on it.